Post-election voter fraud update
Residents of Palm Beach County, Florida, continue to express their dismay that Supervisor of Elections Arthur Anderson failed to put together a case against Ann Coulter for voter fraud, despite having ample time in which to do so. Anderson cited Coulter's unwillingness to cooperate as the main reason. He instead fobbed the case off to the state attorney's office for investigation. In an editorial published on Election Day, the Palm Beach Post noted:
In contrast to what she writes and brays, Ms. Coulter's behavior as a suspect has been annoyingly coy. Her defense is that she's above the laws that everyone else is supposed to follow. She voted in the wrong precinct to avoid publicly acknowledging her true Palm Beach address. Her privacy is a matter of personal safety, not law.
Dr. Anderson had ample time to document the case against Ms. Coulter. Such documentation would have included her voter registration, her signature on the voter roll at the precinct where she cast her ballot and her attorney's responses to requests for her address. Instead, Dr. Anderson last week sent the state attorney a letter citing his "exhaustive efforts to bring closure to the allegation," and the conclusion that his office is not suited to "undertake this investigatory challenge." To his request for guidance, State Attorney Barry Krischer suggests that he call the police — and, this time, turn in names of witnesses to the alleged crime.
Jose Lambiet of The Post broke this story nearly nine months ago. If Dr. Anderson wants voters to have faith in his office — and these days, that's in short supply — he should put together the case he should have been building. No one is supposed to care more about election law than the elections supervisor.
United Press International noted that, along with disgraced former Congressman Mark Foley, Coulter apparently did not vote in last week's mid-term election. Of course, to do so would certainly have stirred up the quicksand with which she's surrounded herself. If she tried to vote in New York, where she told Hannity & Colmes she actually lives, she would have to explain why she cast a ballot in Florida just nine months ago.
If she tried to vote in that same precinct where she cast her ballot in February, she would need to explain why — again — she didn't vote in the precinct where she's registered. And the reverse is equally problematic; voting in the Palm Beach precinct where she's registered — her current registration lists not her Seabreeze Avenue residence but her realtor's house — would have proven conclusively that she committed a felony in February.
It will be interesting to see if Coulter ever coherently and publicly addresses this issue.
Sources:
- "Move on Coulter Case", PalmBeachPost.com. November 7, 2006.
- "Foley, Coulter sit out congressional vote", United Press International. November 10, 2006.